WASHINGTON — President Biden mentioned Wednesday that he opposes a potential preemptive Israeli assault on Iran’s nuclear weapons program websites as tensions between the nations develop.
“The reply isn’t any,” the 81-year-old retiring president informed reporters below the wing of Air Drive One as he departed Washington for a visit to North Carolina to tour Hurricane Helene harm.
Iran on Tuesday instantly attacked Israel for a second time this yr — launching some 200 rockets that reportedly did little harm and prompted no recognized Israeli casualties.
Tehran’s volley adopted Israel’s beautiful assassination Friday of longtime Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah in Beirut, after wiping out a lot of the Iran-backed Lebanese group’s management with a collection of latest strikes and a spate of novel digital pager explosions.
The White Home vowed Tuesday to impose penalties on Iran for its newest assault on Israel — after an identical assault in April — however wouldn’t decide to tightening the enforcement of sanctions in opposition to Iranian oil exports, regardless of bipartisan calls to take action from Congress.
The destiny of Iran’s nuclear program was the subject of the primary query Tuesday evening on the vice presidential debate — with Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic operating mate, declining to say if he would assist Israel attacking Iran’s nuclear program and Republican Sen. JD Vance saying he would assist no matter Israel decides.
It’s unclear if the Israeli authorities will take heed to Biden’s newest coverage choice — after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ignored Biden’s demand Monday that he not authorize incursions into southern Lebanon to disable Hezbollah websites.
The Jerusalem Put up reported that Biden’s warning in opposition to an invasion of Lebanon was considered in Israel “as nearly professional forma, provided that there was no risk nor was there any presentation of an imminent diplomatic resolution.”
